Multidisciplinary teams

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Design guidelines

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Are ‘improvements’ required?

Auckland Transport recognises that incremental minor alterations within the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area (WRHA) can cumulatively lead to changes to the character of the area. At the project inception stage, very careful consideration should be given as to why the potential improvement works are required. This should include consideration of questions such as: • Are the improvement works necessary for road safety? • Will the improvement works have a positive, neutral or negative impact upon the WRHA? • Would the project contribute to multiple outcomes if it is carried out in a different way?

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Multidisciplinary teams

Teams for many Auckland Transport projects should include project managers and design engineers. For projects within the WRHA, there will often be a benefit in extending the range of skills within the project team. In particular, it may be appropriate to include carefully selected heritage specialists, landscape architects and urban designers who have developed specific skills in character analysis and who also have a good understanding of the technical constraints of transport projects. Including these additional skills within the team will help achieve schemes that contribute to the overall character of the area.